Sheet aligning rack



April2e,1949. E. s-QKOUK 2,468,2754

SHEET ALIGNING RACK l f 'dMay8,1947

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Patented Apr. 26, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My present invention relates to improvements in racks for aligning paper sheets for general use, but more in particular for aligning and compressing paper sheets for placing same into a staplizing machine and the objects are to provide a rack;

Whereby paper sheets are automatically, expeditiously and perfectly aligned;

Whereby the paper sheets are aligned and compressed for placing with facility into a staplizing machine;

Whereby the function of staplizing is facilitated; and that is in streamlined sheet form for convenient placing in drawers or on desks.

I attain these objectives and other advantages by providing a novel rack having features for automatic, expeditious and perfect alignment of paper sheets and features for compressing and clipping together the end-portions of the sheets, which are to be placed into the staplizing machine, thus facilitating the placing and the function of staplizing the sheets as a thick pile of ued sheets will not staplize.

In the drawings, like characters designate like parts;

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my novel rack;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View on line 3 3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

The frame 5, preferably of plastic, consists of a base 6 having perpendicular walls 1, 3 and 9 on three edges thereof, preferably of uniform height to conduce to streamlining thereof, and a plurality of fingers I projecting from the wallless base-edge II thereof to prevent sagging of the end-portions of paper sheets extending over the wall-less base-edge I I of said base 6.

The opposite walls 'I and 8 have outwardly flaring brims l2 to facilitate placing, thereinto, an uneven pile of paper sheets and a transverse yielding member I3 bearing medially against said base 6 to compress and clip the projecting endportions of said pile of paper sheets.

Said yielding member I3 is disposed, preferably in vertical alignment with the wall-less baseedge II of said base 6 and has a projecting clipping fmger I4 cooperating with the intermediate finger IIJ projecting from the wall-less base-edge I I of said base 6 to compress and clip the projecting end-portions of said pile of paper sheets to facilitate placing thereof into the staplizing machine and to facilitate the performing of staplizing by said staplizing machine.

The intermediate lower finger ID and the upper finger I4 are superposed but each is fractionally reduced on the alternative side of the tip thereof to afford a facility for the phalanges to spread said two projecting fingers to admit, therebetween,

the projecting end-portions of said pile of paper sheets.

operatively, a thickness of paper sheets is placed into the frame or rack 5.

The fingers I0 and I4 are spread to admit, therebetween, said thickness of sheets.

Holding said fingers II) and I4 apart to release the tension on the sheets and simultaneously arighting said rack 5 so that wall 9 is at the bottom, the sheets by gravity automatically, expeditiously and perfectly align. The fingers III and I4 are now released automatically compressing and clipping together the end-portions of said sheets, which by means of and in the rack 5 are placed into the staplizing machine for staplizing same.

The function of staplizing is facilitated by the compressing and clipping together the paper sheet end-portions.

It is to be understood that various changes are possible within the scope and concept of the invention without effecting the merits of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. An article of manufacture for aligning a pile of paper sheets comprising a frame having a base having perpendicular walls on three edges thereof and a plurality of fingers projecting from the wall-less base-edge thereof, the opposite walls having outwardly aring brims and a transverse yielding member in proximity with the wall-less base-edge of said base bearing medially against said base, said yielding member having at least one projecting finger cooperating with one of said fingers projecting from said wall-less base-edge of the frame.

2. An article of manufacture for aligning a pile of paper sheets comprising a frame having a base having perpendicular walls on three edges thereof and a plurality of fingers projecting from the Wallless base-edge thereof, the opposite walls having a transverse yielding member in proximity with the wall-less base-edge of said base bearing medially against said base, said yielding member having at least one projecting nger cooperating with one of said fingers projecting from said wallless base-edge of the frame.

EDWARD SOKOLIK.

No references cited. 

